May 30th, 2008

RazorBook uses new mysterious processor, likely from the Dharma Initiative

Heard of Ingenic Semiconductor? Us either, but they’ve apparently started shipping a new processor for UMPCs called the Jz4740. They’re appearing in 3K’s new RazorBook 400 series UMPCs and are apparently ultra low-cost and low-power. The $299 RazorBook 400 was discussed yesterday, but we didn’t have the detail we do now. The proc is new and could — in theory —… → Read More

March 12th, 2008

Intel's Menlow just whetting our appetite for Moorestown

[photopress:umpcroadmaphg4.jpg,full,center] The future of portable computing is going to involve UMPCs, there’s no way of ignoring that, and Intel is working on a pretty impressive roadmap that will take it there. Intel is set to launch the Menlow processor, which is an ultra-low-power platform with support for hyperthreading up to 1.8GHz, WiFi H.264 and MPEG2 built-in, as well as Bluetooth… → Read More

November 11th, 2007

Intel's Penryn: Ready to go, but will it meet the hype?

Penryn is hitting the streets. The 45 Nanometer procs are promising to be the “biggest leap forward” in processor design in almost 40 years. Or so they say. We really hear this type of hyperbole from Intel every couple years. That being said, this might be the one time it’s accurate. Intel’s chips are in production now, and while no street date has been officially… → Read More